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Definition of ramble in English:

ramble

verb

‘When I was at school, we went rambling in the Kent countryside as part of our activities week, something we did before we broke up for our summer holidays.’

‘A man with a great fondness for the outdoor life, he loved to ramble in the countryside and experience the peace and quiet of the land.’

‘Please note that you cannot drive around Loch Katrine, but if you fancy a long country stroll, you can ramble right round the perimeter, and I doubt if there is a lovelier walk anywhere in Britain.’

‘Surely we should be able to walk our dogs or simply ramble along in safety and in peace to enjoy the views and healthy exercise?’

‘He was cut out neither for religion nor for the dry minutiae of algebra and he idled away his days in long country rambles around Oxford, collecting curiosities for his own natural history collection.’

‘‘At the same time it is creating a right to roam, giving walkers carte blanche to ramble in the countryside,’ he said.’

‘His home life was happy; like so many geologists, young Adam spent time rambling through the countryside, looking at and collecting rocks and fossils.’

‘All your outdoor pursuits are catered for - whether you're rambling in the Republic or sauntering in the Six Counties.’

‘Outside Stromness I walked the marshes where as a boy John Rae rambled with a musket on his shoulder, and in Kirkwall I visited the explorer's memorial in St Magnus Cathedral, and his grave site behind that edifice.’

‘He was an accomplished card player and loved to meet the locals in Garrafrauns, Brickens, Cloonfad, Irishtown or wherever his rambles would take him.’

‘This year, as well as the regular walks, it is also planned to introduce a countryside ramble which is aimed at anyone interested in a leisurely Sunday afternoon walk with a focus on the local environment.’

‘After a four-hour ramble on foot through deep gorges, past monasteries, and up steep, forested hillsides, we arrive in Chhulemu, Babu's home village.’

‘Other walks will also include rural rambles, a walk around the town centre, short strolls, hard moorland walks and family walks.’

‘She had been in the habit of taking long country rambles with Mr Dawson's children in her old days of dependence, and she thought very little of a distance of three miles.’

‘The Macduff Circle at Edinburgh's Dean Gallery is one of several sculptures by Bristol-born Long dedicated to his Scottish rambles.’

‘Annabelle is encouraging people to don their hiking boots and take a ramble through the countryside to find love.’

‘Shipley still has the pale turquoise eyes and easy grin he had as a young man, and it sometimes startles him to realize that those backcountry rambles are a half-century in the past.’

‘After the country ramble, it's time to return to the urban reality of the studio proper overlooking the Brixton Road.’

‘Found mainly in country pubs, it provides sustenance after a good ramble through the fields.’

‘He enjoyed his regular rambles to the pubs in the village where he was always made very welcome.’

‘There will also be plenty of guided walks ranging from gentle riverside rambles to more challenging hill walks.’

‘This is a ramble rather than a full-blown hill walk and should appeal to a wide number of people.’

‘Although the walk can be generally classified as a ramble rather than a full-blown hill-walk, it is planned to go to Tully Summit.’

‘In 1836 naturalist Charles Darwin says, ‘I so much enjoyed my rambles among the roads and mountains of St. Helena.’’